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DON BYAS: Don Byas, a tenor saxophonist who was one of the first to travel to Paris during the heyday of bebop and taught bebop to local musicians. This is a valuable recording of the rough-and-tumble tenor saxophonist, formerly of the Count Basie Orchestra, guest performing with Mary Lou Williams and the Beryl Booker Trio in Paris! Musicians: Don Byas (ts), Mary Lou Williams (p), Beryl Booker (p, vo), Maurice Vander (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Benny Bennett (ds), and others. Recorded 1953-1955.
